jon anderson - green valley ranch

i'd been in the green valley ranch (GVR) original pancake house (OPH) a few days earlier and seen that jon anderson was going to play in ovation -- their small, 450 seat theater.  i'd never been in there, but a venue that small has gotta be good.

JA was the lead singer for yes and i found it odd that he might play a venue as small as this -considering that he once fronted for 500,000 people in brasil- and at the bargain face price of $25 before fees..

there was a little bit of flexibility for tickets on CL, so it definitely looked to be worth a kut.

after posting a couple ads and making a couple calls, i was able to score a pair for $15 apiece.

the house comp tickets were the crappiest in the house -- far back and to the left ... but once the show started, my guest and i worked our way more toward the center and the seats/view were fine.  the sound levels low enough that i didn't have to wear earplugs.

JA was very talkative -in that odd british kind of way- and the audience was very chatty with him, although it became fairly clear that he'd rather have an odd british monologue, than an odd british conversation.

hearing jon anderson play yes solo acoustic is like reading abstracts of highly scientific papers.  it strips out the everything but the very essence ... turning fractals of sound into something closer to curves.

the audience was almost entirely white, slightly overweight, and just a touch older than me.  lots of older geeks that looked suspiciously like they should be home playing chess instead.

there were two white women in the audience (not together), 30-somethings, that were nearly acting out every damn song that mr. anderson played.

very enjoyable evening.